minor tweaks and docs...

Signed-off-by: Alex A. Naanou <alex.nanou@gmail.com>

README.md

@@ -64,11 +64,7 @@ This code is an evolution of that parser.
 			- [`.license`](#license)
 			- [`.examples`](#examples)
 			- [`.footer`](#footer)
-			- [Help formatting](#help-formatting)
-				- [`.helpColumnOffset`](#helpcolumnoffset)
-				- [`.helpColumnPrefix`](#helpcolumnprefix)
-				- [`.helpArgumentSeparator`](#helpargumentseparator)
-				- [`.helpValueSeparator`](#helpvalueseparator)
+			- [More control over help...](#more-control-over-help)
 		- [Nested parsers](#nested-parsers)
 	- [Components and API](#components-and-api)
 		- [`THEN`, `STOP` and `ERROR`](#then-stop-and-error)
@@ -84,6 +80,7 @@ This code is an evolution of that parser.
 		- [`.handleArgument(..)`](#handleargument)
 		- [`.handleArgumentValue(..)`](#handleargumentvalue)
 		- [`.handleErrorExit(..)`](#handleerrorexit)
+		- [More...](#more)
 	- [License](#license-1)
 
 
@@ -118,14 +115,16 @@ var parser = argv.Parser({
 	})
 
 // run the parser...
-if(__filename == require.main){
-	parser(process.argv) }
+__filename == require.main
+	&& parser(process.argv)
 ```
 
 Option definitions in a bit more detail
 ```javascript
 var parser = argv.Parser({
-		// basic/quick-n-dirty option...
+		// XXX config...
+
+		// basic quick-n-dirty option...
 		'-b': '-basic',
 		'-basic': function(opts, key, value){
 			// ...
@@ -184,6 +183,8 @@ var parser = argv.Parser({
 			}).then(function(){
 				// ...
 			}),
+
+		// ...
 	})
 ```
 
@@ -316,19 +317,10 @@ Aditional information.
 
 Default value: `undefined`
 
-#### Help formatting
 
-##### `.helpColumnOffset`
-Default value: `3`
+#### More control over help...
 
-##### `.helpColumnPrefix`
-Default value: `"- "`
-
-##### `.helpArgumentSeparator`
-Default value: `", "`
-
-##### `.helpValueSeparator`
-Default value: `" "`
+For more info on help formatting see `.help*` attributes in the [source](./argv.js).
 
 
 ### Nested parsers
@@ -354,6 +346,8 @@ Parser(<spec>)
 	-> <parser>
 ```
 
+See [`<parser>(..)`](#parser-1) for more info.
+
 #### `.then(..)`
 
 Add callback to `then` "event".
@@ -447,6 +441,10 @@ its head.
 
 ### `.handleErrorExit(..)`
 
+### More...
+
+For more info see the [source](./argv.js).
+
 
 ## License
 

argv.js

@@ -226,9 +226,12 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 	splitOptions: true,
 	optionPrefix: '-',
 	commandPrefix: '@',
+	// NOTE: this must contain two goups the first is the prefix and the 
+	// 		second must contain the option name...
 	// NOTE: we only care about differentiating an option from a command
 	// 		here by design...
-	optionInputPattern: /^--?(.*)$/,
+	optionInputPattern: /^([+-])\1?([^+-].*|)$/,
+	//optionInputPattern: /^(-)-?(.*)$/,
 	//commandInputPattern: /^([.0-9a-zA-Z*].*)$/,
 	commandInputPattern: /^([^-].*)$/,
 
@@ -329,7 +332,7 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 		key = key.split(/=/).shift()
 		// normalize option/command name...
 		key = this.optionInputPattern.test(key) ?
-				key.replace(this.optionInputPattern, this.optionPrefix+'$1')
+				key.replace(this.optionInputPattern, this.optionPrefix+'$2')
 			: !key.startsWith(this.commandPrefix) ?
 				key.replace(this.commandInputPattern, this.commandPrefix+'$1')
 			: key

test.js

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ var lang =
 module.lang =
 argv.Parser({
 	// handle both +x and -x
-	optionInputPattern: /^[+-][+-]?(.*)$/,
+	optionInputPattern: /^([+-])\1?([^+-].*|)$/,
 
 	// XXX for testing, remove when done...
 	'-echo': function(...args){